Commentary
07 Sep, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Moral authority
What moral authority does any elected politician in Jamaica have to tell a public servant about wage restraint or productivity? They have tilted the very game they are asking the rest of us to play.…
07 Sep, 2026
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Sabrina Barnes | Not all western schools will reopen
Education Minister Senator Dana Morris Dixon has maintained that schools across Region Four, namely Hanover, St James and Westmoreland, are expected to reopen today (Monday, September 7). However,…
06 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Demerit flip-flop
There may indeed be flaws in the demerit-points system for motor vehicle drivers. But sceptics have good cause to feel that the latest announced delay in the scheme’s implementation has less to do…
06 Sep, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | Cut delays, cluster high-value projects for NaRRA success
Compared with leading regional and international examples, Jamaica’s post-Hurricane Melissa reconstruction is already behind. Accountability within the initial five-year reconstruction window should…
06 Sep, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Too many crisis-management remedies
What happened to citizens living in Coopers Pen was extremely distressing. From all indications, this privately owned land served as a squatter community for many families for decades. There were…
06 Sep, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Upper-school spaces for boys versus pretty entrances
A 17-plus-version of me approached Fr Lawrence Burke, principal of St George’s College (STGC), with the slightly vain idea of painting the school crest on the Winchester Park entrance on North Street.…
06 Sep, 2026
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Byron Blake | Caribbean countries’ final court: Alternatives to the CCJ
The law and the apex court which administers it are not trivial matters. The monarchs who reigned supreme in the United Kingdom between the creation of the Union of England and Scotland in 1707 and…
05 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Listening to deaf citizens
September, observed as Deaf Awareness Month, offers Jamaica an opportunity to examine how well the country is serving its deaf citizens. Deaf Jamaicans may have the legal right to education,…
05 Sep, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink
Last week, having chosen the great Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name ‘Mark Twain’, an American writer, humourist and essayist, people liked it so much that I was asked to continue with a…